Alabama

St. Tammany Parish, La., deputies released this image of 26-year-old Melinda Denny, of Mobile, on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Denny was last seen in the early morning hours of Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, hours before her traveling companion and boyfriend threatened to commit suicide while armed with a gun at a gas station on Interstate 12, deputies said. (Courtesy of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office)

Approximately 150 deputies were searching a wooded area in south Louisiana Thursday morning after the body of a woman believed to be a missing Mobile mother was discovered, according to the St. Tammany Parish, La., Sheriff's Office.

Around 12:30 p.m., deputies announced the St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office had confirmed the remains were those of 26-year-old Melinda Denny, who was last seen in the early morning hours of Saturday before her boyfriend and traveling partner, 34-year-old Johnathan Nall, threatened to commit suicide during a two-hour long standoff at a gas station.

St. Tammany Parish, La., deputies arrested 34-year-old Johnathan Nall, of Mobile, on charges of terrorizing and resisting an officer on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, after deputies said he threatened to commit suicide during a standoff at a gas station on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. Deputies are searching for his girlfriend, 26-year-old Melinda Denny, who has not been seen or heard from since Saturday. (Courtesy of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office)

Nall, armed with a handgun, was subdued after deputies fired a bean bag at him. The Mobile man was jailed on Tuesday after approximately three days of observation at a Louisiana hospital, deputies said.

Officials with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office did not immediately respond to requests for comments, although Sheriff Jack Strain told reporters at the scene that Nall will likely face one count of murder in Denny's death, according to NOLA.com.

Although deputies said on Monday that a check of Nall and Denny revealed no known criminal history, booking records from Mobile County Metro Jail show a man with the same name and birth date as Nall had previously been booked into jail six times.

He has faced charges of public intoxication, domestic violence and filing a false report, records show. He was most recently arrested in 2011.

Deputies had been searching for signs of Denny since Saturday, when they determined she had not been seen or heard from since authorities initially made contact with the couple following a call from Nall's mother in Alabama, according to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office.

Nall's Jeep Grand Cherokee was found in a subdivision following his confrontation with authorities, however, Denny was not with the vehicle.

On Tuesday, deputies concentrated their search to the wooded area near Interstate 12 and Louisiana Highway 21.

Denny's body was found in the area, off Brewster Road in Madisonville, La.

On social media, Denny's aunt thanked the public for their prayers as family waited for word on the missing Mobile mother of four.

"Her remains were discovered... a short distance from the convenience store where the suspect has his meltdown," she wrote. "I want to thank my Heavenly Father for allowing her remains to be found so that we can move forward with expressing our love to her while also saying our goodbyes.

"Melinda leaves behind a beautiful legacy in the lives of her children."